ATLANTA — Homicides in Georgia prisons at the six month mark this year are outpacing last year, which was one of the deadliest years on record.

In just the first six months of this year, the Georgia Department of Corrections is investigating 42 deaths as possible homicides — already nearly two-thirds of the 66 suspected prison homicides the...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Despite dire predictions of steep declines in international students enrolled at schools this fall, some Minnesota colleges and universities are actually welcoming more students from abroad.

An early snapshot of 11 public and private schools shows that nearly half are seeing an increase in the number of international students, ...Read more

FOLKSTON, Ga. — On a blast furnace of an August day in Georgia’s southernmost county, Joe Hopkins gripped the steering wheel to steady his truck on the sandy road.

Outside, seemingly endless rows of neatly spaced trees whizzed by — mostly slash pine, the species of choice for foresters in this part of the state.

Hopkins’ family has ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As the federal government reimagines American energy policy this year, support for projects hinges on a new metric — density.

The concept of density in energy production echoes throughout recent regulatory changes and funding rescissions across the Trump administration, leading to a demonstrably increased federal preference for...Read more

BOISE, Idaho -- Sean, a 56-year-old Boise man, sat in one of Planned Parenthood’s exam rooms in Meridian as he waited for his prescription.

When he came out as bisexual last year, he and his wife decided to pursue a type of open relationship. As Sean began having sexual relationships with different partners, he knew the health center would be...Read more

“I don’t have anywhere to go. I don’t have anywhere to go.”

Rose Marie Michel paced frantically in the middle of a once-bustling street in Port-au-Prince’s Delmas 30 neighborhood, overcome with disbelief as she tried to grasp the scale of devastation.

In just a few short months, under the occupation of Haiti’s ruthless gangs, her ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security announced Monday it is beginning a surge of immigration law enforcement in Chicago, dubbing it “Operation Midway Blitz” and claiming it will target “criminal illegal aliens” who have taken advantage of the city and state’s sanctuary policies.

The announcement comes more than ...Read more

As the fatal stabbing last month of a Ukrainian refugee on Charlotte light rail received national attention and sparked a debate over crime and public safety, a top Republican lawmaker said he was exploring “potential legislative action” that could be taken.

The Aug. 22 death of Iryna Zarutska, 23, at the hands of a stranger onboard the ...Read more

On Monday afternoon, a San Diego Superior Court judge sentenced 24-year-old Walt Mehran to 12 years in prison for the Dec. 2, 2023, attempted murder of Eric Van Tine.

The two men, both struggling with mental illness and drug addiction, had been placed in a cell with a third man at San Diego’s Central Jail — even though state regulators had ...Read more

The Missouri House on Monday gave initial approval on a Republican plan to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts, marking the first major vote on a map that would dilute the voting power of Kansas City.

The vote came more than four hours after the House also advanced a first-in-the-nation plan that would overhaul Missouri’s ...Read more

A humiliating election defeat is forcing Argentine President Javier Milei to face up to a series of political miscalculations — chief among them, his reliance on his beloved sister.

The president’s libertarian party got just 34% of votes in Sunday’s local elections in Buenos Aires province, to 47% for Peronism, its main rival. While the ...Read more

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister within days, after the current premier lost a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is formally presenting his resignation to Macron on Tuesday. Whoever Macron picks as his successor will need to assemble a government and then...Read more

Japan’s ruling party is set to decide when and how an upcoming leadership race will be held, after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation announcement triggered a vote to choose his successor.

The Liberal Democratic Party is considering holding a full-scale leadership election with the participation of over 100,000 rank-and-file party...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said the federal government has not yet started writing a report on the possible causes of autism but reaffirmed a longstanding promise that it will be released “within a month.”

Makary said last week’s Wall Street Journal story about the autism report was “...Read more

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is asking the US Supreme Court to review a Connecticut court’s nearly $1.4 billion judgment against him and Infowars stemming from his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax.

The default judgment entered against Jones and his Infowars parent company in 2022 after “...Read more

Three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices dismissed suggestions that their decisions were political as they made their case for retention in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

In a rare public speaking event Justices Kevin Dougherty, David Wecht, and Christine Donohue spoke about their work over the last 10 years on the state Supreme Court as they face a...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State lawmakers approved a bill Monday that would ban online pet dealer websites and shadowy middlemen who pose as local breeders from selling dogs to California consumers — the latest move to curtail the pipeline from out-of-state puppy mills.

Assembly member Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, said Assembly Bill 519 will help...Read more